Scale Development Study About the Effect of Cartoon Movies on Affective Characteristics of Elementary School Students

Abstract

Since the effects of cartoon movies on the affective characteristics of elementary school students have not been investigated very much in the past, no measuring tool has been found to be valid and reliable. The aim of the research in this direction is to develop a scale aimed at determining the effects of cartoon movies on the affective characteristics of elementary school students. The study group of the research is composed of 234 elementary school students in Afyonkarahisar city and 220 elementary school students in Aydın city. Item scale correlations were calculated for item validity in the scale development phase and item analyzes based on the comparison of the average of the lower and the upper group were performed. An exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis were performed to determine the construct validity of the scale. In the exploratory factor analysis, the principal component analysis was chosen as the factor subtraction method. As there is a relation between dimensions in the scale which was observed to
be a two-dimensional structure, PROMIN has been chosen as oblique rotation method. Robust weighted least squares method was used as the confirmatory factor analysis method. Cronbach Alpha, Stratified Alpha, Armor Teta and McDonald Omega coefficients were calculated to provide evidence of scale reliability. As a result of the research, it is concluded that the data obtained from three-graded scale which consists of 12 items are valid and reliable. Accordingly, it can be expected that the measurement tool will provide valid and reliable results for similar samples.